Often after Suzanne Goulet performs as Liza Minnelli in “Liza and Judy, Together Again,” she meets audience members who are in tears. “I don’t want to make them cry, but I think it’s a good cry. It’s nostalgic. That’s when I know how much they love the show,” said Goulet.

Goulet and her partner (Denise Rose as Judy Garland) try to fulfill the dream of Liza and Judy performing together once again. They only did it for real twice: once when Liza was the guest star on her mother’s TV variety show in 1963 and again nearly 50 years ago during a live concert at the Palladium in London.

Goulet and Rose will perform two shows at the Company Theatre in Norwell on May 17. Goulet describes the concept. “Liza starts like she is doing a tribute show for her mother, thinking she is only going to be seeing videos of her and singing her songs. Then she tells the audience what happened at the Palladium and how Judy changed the lyrics of ‘Hello Dolly’ to ‘Hello Liza.’ At the same time, you hear Judy (Rose) singing it (and then she comes out on stage). So, it’s like a dream that Liza has of her mother doing the show with her one more time,” said Goulet.

So how did Goulet become a Liza Minnelli impersonator? She worked as a dancer and choreographer for about 10 to 15 years doing Las Vegas-style revues, and she found that people were always telling her how much she reminded them of the famous, multi-talented entertainer. “I heard it so many times, which is strange because I am blonde with blue eyes,” said the French Canadian from Montreal in a lovely French accent. “We wore hats and wigs all the time in those shows with big eye lashes. I guess my facial features looked so much like hers that people saw a resemblance,” said Goulet.

She decided to give it a try, putting on the makeup and costumes, taking vocal lessons and then winning some look-alike contests. Once she refined her skills and repertoire, she eventually joined the show Legends in Concert, appearing in Atlantic City, Las Vegas and Branson, Missouri, and then in various shows she designed herself. For more than 20 years she has appeared as Liza and she said she loves it.

“Liza is a dancer and a singer and an actress. She can do it all so good. It is fun to impersonate her,” said Goulet.

For the last four years, Denise Rose has been Goulet’s partner. “She is so much like Judy. She does ‘Over the Rainbow’ so well that she always gets standing ovations. Right before the song, she goes into her trunk and finds the ruby slippers and says that she didn’t have an easy life, but when she sang everything was OK. It’s a very touching moment,” said Goulet.

Page 2 of 2 - She says the two get along so well off stage that the chemistry is there on stage, too. “With Denise I feel like I am with a friend.” And, they get to act like mother and daughter, which Goulet thinks is “very nice.”

Goulet describes the first part of the show as “more production numbers” and the second part “more medleys.” Highlights include a re-creation of “Be a Clown,” with the women wearing tramp costumes like Judy and Liza did on “The Judy Garland Show,” and the “Get Happy/Happy Days” duet that Judy and Liza did at the Palladium show, a number that Judy also famously performed with Barbra Streisand in 1963 on “The Judy Garland Show.”

When she put the show together, Goulet had trouble figuring out how to end it. She eventually realized that Liza’s song “It Was a Good Time” would be just right.

“It was a song I was singing before. Liza sang it in “Liza with a Z.” It’s perfect. We sing it and then I look at her, and oh it’s so sentimental.”

Goulet wants people to know that the show features live music. “We have a wonderful music director from Las Vegas, and we have hired some of the best musicians from Boston.”